# 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open > Source revision: 1075774806 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open Date 15–21 October Edition 17th Category WTA International Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $220,000 Surface Hard / indoor Location Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Champions Singles Venus Williams Doubles Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká ← 2011 · BGL Luxembourg Open · 2013 → The **2012 BGL Luxembourg Open** was a professional women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [hard courts](/source/Hardcourt). It was the 17th edition of the tournament, which was part of the [2012 WTA Tour](/source/2012_WTA_Tour). It took place in [Kockelscheuer](/source/Kockelscheuer), [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg) between 15 and 21 October 2011. Unseeded [Venus Williams](/source/Venus_Williams) won the singles title. ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2012 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles](/source/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) - [Venus Williams](/source/Venus_Williams) defeated [Monica Niculescu](/source/Monica_Niculescu) 6–2, 6–3 ### Doubles Main article: [2012 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles](/source/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) - [Andrea Hlaváčková](/source/Andrea_Hlav%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1) / [Lucie Hradecká](/source/Lucie_Hradeck%C3%A1) defeated [Irina-Camelia Begu](/source/Irina-Camelia_Begu) / [Monica Niculescu](/source/Monica_Niculescu) 6–3, 6–4 ## Singles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed ITA Roberta Vinci 15 1 GER Julia Görges 19 2 SRB Jelena Janković 22 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 23 4 GER Sabine Lisicki 25 5 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 26 6 AUT Tamira Paszek 27 7 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 35 8 GER Mona Barthel 37 9 - 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012 ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Belinda Bencic](/source/Belinda_Bencic) - [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens) - [Mandy Minella](/source/Mandy_Minella) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Annika Beck](/source/Annika_Beck) - [Vera Dushevina](/source/Vera_Dushevina) - [Tatjana Malek](/source/Tatjana_Malek) - [Garbiñe Muguruza](/source/Garbi%C3%B1e_Muguruza) The following players received entry as lucky loser: - [Anne Keothavong](/source/Anne_Keothavong) ### Withdrawals - [Tímea Babos](/source/T%C3%ADmea_Babos) - [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber) (foot injury) - [Sloane Stephens](/source/Sloane_Stephens) - [Yanina Wickmayer](/source/Yanina_Wickmayer) (knee injury) ### Retirements - [Peng Shuai](/source/Peng_Shuai) (right shoulder injury) ## Doubles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed CZE Andrea Hlaváčková CZE Lucie Hradecká 11 1 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu ROU Monica Niculescu 75 2 RUS Vera Dushevina BLR Olga Govortsova 117 3 CRO Petra Martić LUX Mandy Minella 127 4 - 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012 ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [Mona Barthel](/source/Mona_Barthel) / [Jelena Janković](/source/Jelena_Jankovi%C4%87) - [Belinda Bencic](/source/Belinda_Bencic) / [Claudine Schaul](/source/Claudine_Schaul) ### Retirements - [Jelena Janković](/source/Jelena_Jankovi%C4%87) (gastrointestinal illness) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.bgl-bnp-paribas-open.lu/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090422005555/http://www.bgl-bnp-paribas-open.lu/) 2009-04-22 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2012/300.pdf) v t e Luxembourg Open 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 NH 2021 v t e 2012 WTA Tour « 2011 2013 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D) WTA Premier 5 tournaments Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Brussels (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Carlsbad (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA International tournaments Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Fes (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Baku (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Linz (S, D) Osaka (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Team events Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa Summer Olympic Games, London (S, D, X) WTA Championships, Istanbul (S, D) WTA Tournament of Champions, Sofia (S) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2012 BGL Luxembourg Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_BGL_Luxembourg_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.